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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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What can we do to ensure they have the skills to understand a challenging landscape and make the wise decisions needed for success? Lately, I’ve been speaking and writing about the importance of emotional intelligence and how the softer skills add a critical dimension to digital initiatives. As a guest on the Association 4.0

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Want To Be a Leader? Get to Know Yourself

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Our research shows that people who know how others see them are more skilled at showing empathy and taking others’ perspectives. Career coaches and mentors are great. The opportunity to share challenges, in confidence, with the brightest colleagues in the business is an invaluable resource. Listen actively. Engage fully.

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Volunteer Retention: What Makes them Stay?

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Skill Development. Over the years, skill development has become an increasingly popular reason to volunteer. Some volunteers want to bring their expertise to your organization, whether it is their marketing background, computer experience, or people skills. Recognition of Service.

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3 Ways to Support Autistic Employees in the Workplace

Saleforce Nonprofit

Given the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions, it is even more important for us this year to ensure that we are spreading more awareness, understanding, and acceptance of autism and neurodiversity. All teams have people with different skill sets that are better suited to different roles, and neurodiverse candidates are no different.

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Senior Full Stack Web Application Developer

Kindful

About Kindful Kindful was founded with a simple idea in mind: nonprofits should be able to spend less time focused on their database and more time focused on their mission. The work environment in the Kindful offices is collaborative, communicative, challenging, yet supportive.

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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

Not to mention one in which the skills set must be honed and finely tuned. Some believe that nonprofit work is more of a calling than a career, but when one considers that this ‘calling’ is responsible for literally billions of dollars changing hands each year in our own country alone, it’s a calling of high importance.

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Delivering a Better Volunteer Experience: 5 Tips for Nonprofits

Volunteer Hub

Even though the value of volunteerism is known, creating a positive and fulfilling volunteer experience can be challenging for nonprofits. It is key that organizations provide ongoing support to volunteers after training, such as access to online resources, mentoring, and regular check-ins. Ongoing support.